I have received the following error message after installing Simple Image Gallery for use in my Joomla 1.0.11 website:

Warning: opendir(/home/content/f/o/a/foaweb/html/images/stories/2009/chinesenewyear): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/content/f/o/a/foaweb/html/mambots/content/plugin_jw_sig.php on line 46

I believe that I have followed all instructions properly:  I uploaded photos to image/stories/2009/chinesenewyear.  I installed and published the SIG mambot.  I inserted the proper code into my content item:  {gallery}2009/chinesenewyear{/gallery}  And yet, I receive the above message.  Can anyone decipher this for me?  (Note:  I've used All Videos Plugin successfully, and SIG seems to follow the same logic, but as I say, it's not working)

Thank you.

It probably means your pictures have a naming problem.  Make sure you have no - or / or spaces in any of the names and you must use all lower case letters.

Thank you.  That wasn't the problem, but I solved my problem only to discover two new problems.  The solution was to store my photos in stories/images, not images/stories as the instructions state. 

But the news problem are:  (1) When the the photo album displays within my content, all of my thumbnail photos (20 thumbnails) appear in an array within the content.  This seems confusing to the user because the entire album is displayed in miniature thumbnail form rather than one large photo representing the first photo of the slide show. 

Second problem:  when you hover over a thumbnail, you see the navigation tip followed by

<b>imagename.jpb</b>  How can I eliminate that confusing tag line?

images/stories is standard joomla file structure.  You must have changed the default path in the plugin or you have changed your joomla file structure.

The free version of SIG does not offer the option of a single thumbnail that you can click to go into a slideshow.  You must purchase SIG Pro for that feature.  Also, if you want labels, you must upgrade to SIG Pro.

The hover-over issue is covered in the forum.

Thanks again,

I tried searching the forum for tips on solving the hover-over problem, but can't find the right advice.  I'm able to access the code in my sig.css file.  Do you know how I should change it to eliminate that unwanted code:

/* ---Simple Image Gallery--- */
.sig {clear:both;margin:16px 4px;padding:0px;display:table-cell;}
.sig_clr {clear:both;}
.sig_cont {float:left;}
.sig_thumb {float:left;margin:0px 10px 10px 10px;padding:0px;background:url(shadowAlpha.png) no-repeat bottom right !important;background:url(shadow.gif) no-repeat bottom right;}
.sig_thumb img {display:block;position:relative;background:#FFF;border:1px solid #ccc;margin:-5px 5px 5px -5px;padding:4px;}
/* ---Slimbox--- */
#lbOverlay {position:absolute;left:0;width:100%;background-color:#000;cursor:pointer;}
#lbCenter, #lbBottom {position:absolute;left:50%;overflow:hidden;background-color:#fff;}
.lbLoading {background:#fff url(loading.gif) no-repeat center;}
#lbImage {border:10px solid #fff;}
#lbPrevLink, #lbNextLink {display:block;position:absolute;top:0;width:50%;outline:none;}
#lbPrevLink {left:0;}
#lbPrevLink:hover {background:transparent url(prevlabel.gif) no-repeat 0% 15%;}
#lbNextLink {right:0;}
#lbNextLink:hover {background:transparent url(nextlabel.gif) no-repeat 100% 15%;}
#lbBottom {font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;color:#666;line-height:1.4em;text-align:left;border:10px solid #fff;border-top-style:none;}
#lbCloseLink {display:block;float:right;width:66px;height:22px;background:transparent url(closelabel.gif) no-repeat center;margin:5px 0;}
#lbCaption, #lbNumber {margin-right:71px;}
#lbCaption {font-weight:normal;}
#lbCaption b {color:#C63C13;font-size:11px;}
#lbOverlay,#lbCenter,#lbBottom,#lbPrevLink,#lbNextLink {z-index:999;} /* JoomlaWorks fix for Slimbox */
/* --- END --- */